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Giving blood linked to lower risk of pre-cancer gene

Frequent donors were more likely to have different genetic changes in their blood stem cells, scientists found.

From the BBC News-2025-3-11:14:6:1


'I couldn't cope if I passed condition to my kids'

A genetic testing service based in Devon is praised by a woman with a rare skin condition.

From the BBC News-2025-3-11:14:6:2


Hantavirus: What it is, how it spreads, how often it's fatal

Here's what you need to know about hantavirus, the rodent-borne pathogen blamed for the death of Betsy Arakawa, the wife of actor Gene Hackman. Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome has killed at least 34 people in Canada over the past three decades.

From the CBC News-2025-3-11:8:5:1


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Evolution Evolving The Developmental Origins of Adaptation and Biodiversity, by Kevin N. Lala, Tobias Uller, Nathalie Feiner, Marcus Feldman, Scott F. Gilbert, from Princeton University Press. (Mar 8).

Genetics and Evolution of Infectious Diseases, Third Edition, by Michel Tibayrenc, from Academic Press. (Mar 1).

The following issue from Royal Society Publishing Philosophical Transactions B is FREE to access: Half a century of evolutionary games: a synthesis of theory, application and future directions compiled and edited by X-Y. Li Richter and J. Lehtonen and a print version is available at cost. (Feb 26).

Proceedings B of the Royal Society has recently published a new special issue - "A mathematical theory of evolution": phylogenetic models dating back 100 years compiled and edited by N.A. Rosenberg, T. Stadler and M. Steel. (Feb 21).

Primate Adaptation and Evolution, by John G. Fleagle, Andrea L. Baden, Christopher C. Gilbert, from Academic Press. (Feb 15).


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